by Amaury Pi Gonzalez
photo credit: Sports Radio Service– Sports Radio Service Correspondents Michael Duca (left) and (right) webmaster Shawn McCullough cover the Super Bowl City activities in San Francisco’s Embarcadero
SAN FRANCISCO–The local media is in “overkill”mode for Superbowl 50, this year between the Carolina Panthers and the Denver Broncos. CBS Network is your Official Super Bowl 50 television network, and here in the Bay Area that is KPIX CBS 5, so they have hired the great Joe Montana and they have everybody on the air, except the receptionist and the mail clerk on the air, talking about Superbowl 50.
The game will take place at Levi Stadium in Santa Clara, but Superbowl City is some 50 miles north, in San Francisco. Super Bowl City will be open for an extra weekend this year, providing many local residents the opportunity to experience the excitement of Super Bowl 50 before out-of-town guests arrive.
Both Super Bowl City and the NFL Experience were open on Saturday, January 30 – with the day’s activities topped off by the official re-lighting of The Bay Lights on the Willie L. Brown, Jr. Bay Bridge, the Macy’s Fireworks Spectacular and a performance by the Bay Area’s own Chris Isaac.
The Las Vegas odds on Super Bowl 50 have the Carolina Panthers favored to beat the Denver Broncos, with an opening line of between 3.5 and 5.5 point as the favorites. Vegas also likes the Panthers players for the MVP award, with Cam Newton getting 5-7 odds and Peyton Manning being the only Broncos player in the top five. However, Vegas is not as convinced that the Panthers will repeat next year. Cam Newton will probably be the MVP of the NFL this season.
One Bronco that will not be galloping in Levi Stadium this Sunday is safety Ryan Murphy. He was sent home after he was questioned in a prostitution sting on Tuesday outside a Motel 6 in San Jose. By the way, that Motel 6 said it is “sold out”for the weekend, so you better look someplace else to stay if you want to be in the San Jose area for this Superbowl.
The biggest city in the Bay Area is going to show the rest of the world it’s great weather, as the forecast for this Sunday calls for sunny skies and temperatures in the low to mid 70’s!
The Super Bowl is one of the most watched annual sporting events in the world. The only other annual events that gather more viewers are the UEFA Champions League final, and El Clásico in Spain. For many years, the Super Bowl has possessed a large US and global television viewership, and it is often the most watched United States originating television program of the year. By the way there are no Democrats or Republicans debates schedule during Superbowl 50, although there were some rumors one party was contemplating such thing.
One Bay Area sports figure will be seen in a commercial at this Superbowl 50, is the talented #1 pitcher of the Oakland Athletics, Sonny Gray, so look for him. If the Superbowl 50 was not enough excitement for you, you can look forward February 13 for the San Francisco Wine Festival at Fort Mason; this is considered the world’s largest event for tasting American wines. with over 7.000 different wines and 7,100 entries, many from nearby Napa Valley and other wine growing spots in the Bay Area. There you can “shill out”with the wines.
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Baseball::The Caribbean Series is taking place at Estadio Quizqueya Juan Marichal, in Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana, Cuba (last year’s champion), Dominican Republic,Mexico, Puerto Rico and Venezuela are the participants.The teams are playing a ten-game round robin, followed by the semifinals and championship game. For the first time, the tournament featured a home run derby, however Major League Baseball players were barred from participating due to complaints from Major League Baseball Players Association over injury risks. Ex Major League star, and Dominican-born outfielder Vladimir Guerrero elegible for the first time to the Hall of Fame in 2-17, hit two monster shots ouf of the stadium, but it was a young Venezuelan by the name of Felix Perez, in the minor leagues of the Cincinnati Reds, who won the contest.
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Major League baseball: The Baltimore Orioles seriously in need of more starting pitching acquired today San Diego Padres Odisamer Despaigne, for minor league pitcher Jean Cosme. While the rumors continue that the Chicago White Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers are talking about possible trades, the biggest names involved are Dodgers Yasiel Puig and Andre Either, both outfielders on a Dodger team that actually has seven (7) outfielders at this some. So, something has to give.
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